Quotes About Patience

Etymologically, 'patient' means sufferer.

I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.

The painting showed she did not yet know that lives end abruptly, that much of living is repetition and separation, that buttons forever need re-sewing no matter how ferociously one works the thread, that nice things almost happen.

When tragedy strikes, I must remember to breathe until I get to the fun part again.

That if you never get your hopes up," she said, taking a sip of hot chocolate, "you'll never be disappointed." "Ouch

The most common error a person tends to commit in pie making is to fail to let it cool in fresh air. If you cut into it straight out of the oven, the juice runs everywhere. People have no patience when it comes to pies.

Here's what will happen to the dog," he said with exaggerated patience. "She'll be our pet for however long she's meant to be our pet. Nobody knows how long that's going to be.

She was starting to see that there was nothing wrong with sometimes letting the day unfold according to its own rhythm.

Only the truly faithful believed someone was actually there on the other end, listening.

Sometimes you have to let the right book find you

Often, the most important part of a conversation was the waiting.

The child endures all things." —Maria Montessori

Love comes into your life in its own time, not when you're ready.

Listen, Sarah," he said. "We have to deal with this. Just...take it easy. We'll talk about it some more tonight.

you wait for the perfect time to fall in love, said a little inner voice that sounded suspiciously like Lulu, it'll never happen.

If you wait for the perfect time to fall in love, said a little inner voice that sounded suspiciously like Lulu, it'll never happen.

A lot of things would be lost or undone if people sat around, waiting for a miracle.

The human heart has a way of holding on for as long as it takes, until it has been fulfilled.

Maybe, she thought, the secret to a happy life was learning to get through the unhappy periods intact.

Life as it reveals itself is filled with riches. What will happen, will happen. Worrying will not affect the outcome.

There is a thing that I know but always forget: Winter is hard.

No one likes a straight road but the man who pays for it, or who, when he travels, is brute enough to wish to get to his journey's end.

but curiosity is a restless and scrupulous passion, and no one girl can endure, with patience, that hers should be baffled by another.

A book ... unlike a television program, moving picture or any other 'modern means of communication' ... can wait for years, yet be available at any moment when it happens to be needed.